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The escalation of the conflict in Yemen since March 2015, has had a devastating impact on Yemeni women, children and men. In the past four months, the violence has forced close to 1.3 million people to abandon their homes.
The number of casualties continues to rise. So far, more than 18,000 people have...

The heads of UN agencies, international NGOs and the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement met today to discuss the activation of the Level 3 emergency response for Yemen – the global humanitarian system's classification for the response to the most severe, large-scale humanitarian crises.
At the...

Women are playing a vital role as first responders as conflict continues to rage in Yemen, putting thousands of people in harm’s way, cutting off hundreds of thousands from the basics they need to survive, and leaving whole cities in darkness. Yet women’s voices, both as survivors of and...

In just three weeks, the violence in Yemen has had devastating humanitarian consequences: the number of food insecure people has increased from 10.6 million people to 12 million; at least 150,000 people have been displaced; food prices have risen by more than 40 percent in some locations; and fuel prices...

The situation in Yemen could turn “catastrophic”. Speaking to the media today, Trond Jensen, the Head of OCHA’s Office in Yemen used the term as he appealed to all parties to the conflict to respect their obligations under international law, and to respect civilians and civilian...